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HELP ME GROW VERMONT | HELP ME GROW VERMONT

Operates a resource contact center that connects children and their families to services they need. HMG Care Coordinators provide education and support to families around developmental or behavioral concerns, help families recognize typical developmental milestones, offer confidential developmental screening, provide referrals to community-based supports, empower families to overcome barriers to services, and follow up with them to make sure linkages are successful. Help Me Grow also provides referrals to health and human services, including therapists. Help Me Grow Vermont provides the four components of the Help Me Grow System Model: -A centralized access point (in partnership with VT 211) that assists families and professionals in connecting children to the full assortment of community resources that help them thrive. -Family and community outreach that builds parent and provider understanding of healthy child development, the supportive services available to families in the community, and how both are important to improving children’s outcomes. -Child Health Care Provider outreach that supports early detection and intervention efforts and connects medical providers to the grid of community resources to best support families. -Establishment of an appropriate resource inventory and data collection and analysis that supports ongoing evaluation, helps identify systemic gaps, bolsters advocacy efforts, and guides quality improvement.

Last Assured

07/26/2024

Physical Address

Hours

Monday-Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm

Voice

211

Other | Text HMGVT to 898211

Voice

211

Other | Extension 6

Application process

By Email; By Telephone; By Text

Fee

Free

Eligibility

For Resource Center: Pregnant persons, Parents / Caregivers of Children Birth through Age 8; Early Childhood Educators; Health Care Providers For Developmental Screenings: Children Age 2 Months through Age 5

Service area

Vermont

Agency info

HELP ME GROW VERMONT

Help Me Grow Vermont (HMG VT) is a member affiliate of The Help Me Grow National Center, a non-profit coalition supporting the implementation of the "Help Me Grow" system, an early childhood services delivery system that includes education, healthcare and family services, all promoting effective, universal, early surveillance and screening for all children. Help Me Grow Vermont works to create strong Vermont families in order to promote healthy early child development and to ensure that all children reach their potential. Help Me Grow also provides referrals for perinatal mood and anxiety disorder treatment.